Soap-dispensing apparatus.



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SOAP DISPENSING APPARATUS.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 27, 1904.

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SOAP DISPENSING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27. 1904,

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INVENTORS ATTORN UNITED STATES AVAlLABLE CC?? Patented April 18, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE,

WILL RICE SALTZGABER AND CAWOOD JOHNSON CARMIOHAEL, OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.

,SOAP-DISPENSING APPARA'EUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 787,700, dated Apri1 18, 1905.

Application filed May 2'7, 1904. Serial N0. 210,072.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILL RICE SAL'rzoA- BER and OAwooD JOHNSON OARMIGHAEL, citizens of the United States, and residents of Knoxville, in the county of Knox and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and Improved Soap-Dispensing Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription.

Our invention relates to apparatus for the dispensing of soap, having for its principal objects the provision of a simple, convenient, and economical apparatus to which the soap may be supplied and maintained in use in an absolutely sterile condition and without evaporation.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the various features hereinafter described and more particularly claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 shows in perspective a lavatory in connection with which one embodiment of our invention is illustrated. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section therethrough, taken in the plane of the supporting-bracket. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a detail in elevation of the operating-arm.

1O designates a receptacle for containing soap, it being here shown as consisting of a glass bottle or vessel havinga contracted neck 11. This is normally held in an inverted position upon a casing 12 by means of a connecting and supporting collar 13, provided with an internal thread at 1 1 for engaging a thread formed upon the bottle-neck. Between the end of said neck and a shoulder 14: in the sleeve may be interposed a packing-ring 1 1* for the purpose of forming a fiuid-tight joint. Outside the thread 14 is a flaring portion 15, which may conform to and support the wall of the bottle adjacent to the neck. Beyond the shoulder 14 the collar has a somewhat reed portion 16 externally threaded to ene a thread formed upon the interior of a 1y neck or conduit 17 projecting from the casing. The casing is provided at a point preferably ninety degrees from the neck 17 with a stem 18 for engagement with a support or bracket 19, to which it may be conveniently connected by a union 20. The bracket may have at its opposite extremity a plate or flange 21 for attaching it to the lavatory or the wall upon which it is to be supported. Opposite the supply-conduit of the casing is a deliveryconduit 22, at the end of which is a reduced portion 23. Surrounding this delivery-conduit is a contracted delivery-nozzle 24, conveniently formed of sheet metal or vulcanized rubber and having a projection 25, which may engage a depression in the wall of the conduit. This nozzle is shown as provided with a plurality of comparatively small openings 36, situated opposite the portion 23 of the conuit.

Within a suitable recess or bore in the easing operates a valve body or plug 27, which is preferably tapered and is secured in place by a screw 28 with an intermediate washer 29 in the usual manner. This plug is provided with a'plurality of pockets or recesses P, these in the present instance being shown as four in number and equally spaced from one another about the circumference of the plug. At the opposite sideof the plug from its securingscrew is a stem 30, in which are bores 31 31, lying in different vertical planes and at right angles to one another. In these bores operate sliding dogs 32. Surrounding the stem is a hub 33 of an operating member or arm 3%, the interior of the hub being provided with a ratchet-tooth or projection 35, preferably extending the full width of the hub, for engagement with thedogs. Thearrn may be secured in place upon the stem by a plate 36, held in position by screws 37. To the outer end of the arm is pivoted alink, which is here shown as formed in two sections, the upper one, 38, consisting of a rod which enters a tubular member 39 and is adjustablysecured thereto by a setscrew 40. The lower section 39 is articulated to a treadle 11, which may be pivotally mounted upon a bracket 12, fixed to the floor, and which is provided at its outer end with a pad 13. The treadle may be normally held in its raised position by a spring 44, connected to it and the floor and here shown as of the tension type.

In the use of our improved dispensing apparatus in connection with a lavatory, such as is illustrated at L in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the securing-plate of the bracket may be attached to the back slab by screws 45, the nozzle being preferably located in the plane and at about the same height as the outlets of the bibbs. The connectingrod may pass through a hole formed through the basinslab and the treadle-bracket be fixed to the floor in such a manner that when the pad is raised the operating-arm will occupy'its lowest position, as is shown in full lines in Fig.

- 2. Opposite pocketsin the plug will then be situated in alinement with the passages of the supply-conduit and delivery-conduits and the projection of the ratchet mechanism will be in contact with one of the dogs. The soap, preferably in a li uid form, may be supplied in the bottle 10 sui ably stopped, To, applyabottleto the apparatus, the union isdisconnected and the casing then'turned about the body of the valve until the supply-conduit is at the under side. The bottle may then be screwed tightly upon the connecting-collar, whereupon the casing is inverted and secured in place upon the bracket by theunion. The detergent liquid then descends by gravity into the pocket alined with the passage through the neck of the bottle, displacing the air therein, the amount contained in the pocket being suitable for a single cleansing operationsay thirty minims. Now when it is desired to secure a charge of the soap it is only necessary for the user to depress the treadle with the foot, bringing the operating-arm to the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2 and resulting in the rotation of the plug through a quarter of the circumference, thus bringing the pocket which has been previously filled into alinement with the delivery-conduit, when the contents of the pocket will descend into the discharge-nozzle, and the air entering above it throughthe openings 26 will allow it toflow through the AVAlLABLE CU nozzle-opening into the hands of the user placed to receive it. This brings the second dog into coaction with the ratchet projection, permitting it to act upon the next depression of the treadle and bring the succeeding pockets opposite the supply and delivery conduits.

Our improved apparatus is particularly adapted for all public places where the toilet articles are promiscuously used, since it not only efiects economy, but-will absolutely obviate the danger of infection from the use of soap which has been contaminated by persons previously handling it. In this connection it should be noted that not only can the soap be supplied to the receptacle in a sterile condition and so maintained, but that it is also unnecessary for the user to handle any portion of the apparatus.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A soap-dispensing apparatus comprising a valve-casing,- a receptacle separably connected therewith, a bracket, a union connecting the bracket and easing, a valve rotatable within the casing, and a treadle connected with the valve.

2. A soap-dispensing apparatus comprising a receptacle, a valve for controlling the discharge therefrom, an operating-arm for the valve, a treadle, a link connecting the arm and treadle, and means for varying the length of the 'link.

3. A soap-dispensing apparatus comprising a receptacle, a delivery-conduit leading therefrom and having its end of reduced diameter,

. and a nozzle surrounding the end of the conduit and being provided with an opening opposite the reduced portion thereof.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILL RICE SALTZGABER. GAWOOD JOHNSON CARMICHAEL.

Witnesses:

SAML. Gr. NEVILLE, L. WATERS. 

